The following work is a case study analysis of a global program called Camphill Communities, which provide village/community centered living and working environments for adults and children with developmental disabilities. ...

‘Cargoism’ is the widely used derivative of what used to be the great insult in colonial Melanesia, ‘cargo cultism.’ Now, however, it refers to all kinds of social, economic and institutional behavior that results from ...

This thesis examines the implementation of the mission of moral transformation in the Barquinha religion of the Brazilian Amazon. The Barquinha religion has a defined mission of alleviating the suffering of the innocent, ...

There have been many things said in the popular press about Steven Spielberg’s
sensationalist rendition of American history in his award winning film Lincoln
(2012), but as far as I know no one has accused him—yet—of ...

Approximately 11 million people worldwide regularly participate in persistent, graphically–realized, online virtual worlds (including EverQuest, Ultima Online, Second Life, and Lineage). Originally built on computer game ...

This paper provides a preliminary evaluation of fifty-eight ethnomedicinal plants used in Trinidad and Tobago for skin problems, stomach problems, pain and internal parasites for safety and possible efficacy. Thirty ...

This edition of “Configurations of Culture in North America” is the openest, freest, and shortest summary of Ruth Benedict’s 1934 classic _Patterns of Culture_ available. In it, Benedict rehearses the same arguments — often ...